Manoj Babu PANTA

Manoj Babu Panta was born 1 April 1984. He graduated from Tribhuvan University in 2007, with a specialization in filmmaking. He has been teaching cinema at Tribhuvan University for a decade. He has mentored numerous cinema workshops. He has been department head of the screenplay writing and direction faculty at the College of Film Studies since 2012. His film Where is the Story (2008) has been screened in numerous film festivals. His second film Avashesh (The Remains) (2018) has been officially selected for the Melbourne International Film Festival 2018, Australia, and won the jury award in the WNDX Festival of Moving Image, Winnipeg, Canada. As a script consultant, he has begun to develop many shorts and features that have travelled the international film community, representing Nepal. Since 2015, he has headed Bikalpa Cinema Society, which aims to create a new movement in Nepalese cinema culture. Currently, he is developing his debut feature, Simi Nasa (The Land of Ancestors).